Freedom of Conscience or Right to Discriminate

U.S. department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to extend “protections” to healthcare workers who refuse to treat transgender patients. What does this mean for trans patients?

One Year into the Trump Era: Total Calamity and Business as Usual

It seems that our worst fears have come true since Trump’s election, and the world as we know it has ended. Or has it? As the next midterm elections are already becoming the subject of considerable debate, it is worth assessing Trump’s impact so far.

We Are Not the 99% – We’re More Like the 70%

"We are the 99 percent!" is a slogan that originated in the Occupy movement in 2011 and inspired people around the world. These four short words express our disgust at the inequality inherent in the global capitalist system. But do they represent a strategy for change?

Workers Fight for Union Jobs at Hudson Yards

Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate project in US history. Developer company Related is phasing out union jobs and trying to turn into open shop. Workers are fighting back.

Whose Community? A Report from Graduate Center Grounds

A report from a semester of organizing at CUNY Graduate Center.

#MeToo and Black Voters Defeat Roy Moore

The Republicans face a stunning defeat in Alabama thanks to #MeToo and Black voters.

Trump Starts a New Fire in the Middle East

Donald Trump has done it again. As if military escalation with North Korea and his anti-Muslim tweets were not enough, he just created yet another conflict with international implications.

What is the Taylor Law?

The Taylor Law is perhaps best known for its no-strike clause. It is thrown around at union meetings in an attempt to strike fear into the heart of the rank and file. But what exactly is the Taylor Law? How does it work? This second article in a three-part series describes and explains the law itself. The next and last article will analyze several incidents in which the Taylor Law was challenged the outcomes of these challenges.

PSC CUNY Kicks Off Campaign for New Contract

Over 700 CUNY workers and students mobilized today for a new contract and 7k per course for adjuncts.